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15 words match “PHARISEE”

PHARISEE n.
One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.
PHARISEEISM n.
See Pharisaism.
ACROSS adv.
Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall.
CONFESS v.
. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. Acts xxiii. 8.
DERIDE v.
t; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton.
HERODIAN n.
f a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
INDOCILITY n.
lness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness. The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees. W. Montagu.
LEAVEN n.
al assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke xii. 1.
OBJURGATORY a.
e; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft. The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley.
PHARISAIC; PHARISAICAL a.
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. "The Pharisaic sect among the Jews." Cudworth.
PHARISAISM n.
The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect. Sharp.
PHARISEAN a.
Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic. [Obs.] "Pharisean disciples." Milton.
POSE v.
embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand. A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him. Barrow.
PROSELYTE n.
nverted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte. Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make one proselyte. Matt. xxiii. 15. Fresh confidence the speculatist takes From every harebrained proselyte he makes. Cowper.
SIMULAR n.
which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.